An exclusive sources in Dhamar province, central Yemen, stated on Thursday that dozens of detainees in the Criminal Intelligence Department prison are exposed to various types of torture on a daily basis by militants of the Houthi group and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

A photograph taken by the source, received by Almasdaronline but has reservations to release it, had shown deep and serious wounds in the buttock and legs of one if the detainees due to severe beatings.

The Houthis and allied forces are controlling the prison, and are detaining dozens of opponent civilians in it, the source said.

Dozens of detainees refused to allow taking photographs for them for security reasons, and many of them were even in worse conditions and need urgent surgical interventions, which the Houthi gunmen does not permit. According to the source.

The families of the detainees are complaining that their sons in the CID prison are suffering heinous torture, as a number of them had had their noses broken and others suffered bruises, wounds and burns. Added the source.